I’ve been slammed with the business lately, and while I’m squeezing music in when I can, I haven’t done enough to finish a track. It’s the classic challenge that we all face: How to balance our time between our various projects. I don’t have any magic hacks for this. I think one of the most […]

Yep. I said it. There’s no such thing as a “problem”. Then what do you call all the things that you hate about your life right now? Opportunities. This is what I’ve been thinking about lately, both with my music career, my business, and my life as a whole. It’s so easy to cry and […]

Like I mentioned last month, I’m trying to develop a sexier, dirtier, more “rock n’ roll” sound that’s still sort of electronic and “EDM-y”, and planned on remixing Back In Black by AC/DC. Check out the original teaser here first, and then listen to the final remix here. How’d I do? Does it make you […]

…so in an effort to find a sexier, dirtier, more “rock n’ roll” sound that’s still sort of electronic and “EDM-y”, I decided to remix Back In Black by the legendary Australian rock band in August. The remix is far from finished, but here’s a quick teaser if you’re interested: My goal is to keep […]

Let’s get straight into it… first, the video, then, the post… Total fan count grew from 5,215 to 6,879… again, mostly via Twitter and Instagram marketing. I’ve decided to discontinue the Twitter and Instagram marketing, as I’m not convinced it’s making a significant dent in the marketing. Yes, it boosts fan count, but some (or […]

Total fan count grew from 3,828 to 5,215… mostly via Twitter and Instagram marketing, as well as my EDMProd.com guest post: As you can see, the growth slowed a little. That’s because the Instagram and Twitter marketing doesn’t scale exponentially. Plus, the traffic from the guest post is dying down. New track is almost done… it began […]

Do you know what the hardest part about making music and being creative is? The feedback. Making music is easy enough. Sit down. Make music. Look up tutorials wherever necessary. But eventually, if you want to have a career as an artist, you’ve gotta put your music out there. And that’s when you get find […]

In February, I said I would finish “Your Face” (a new track), write another article on deliberate practice, and finish another track. How did I do? I finished Your Face, promoted it, and got it signed to a small Russian record label (via Submithub.com). For about $40, you can submit your tracks to 50+ blogs, […]

My total fan count grew from 315 to 579, an increase of 83.81%. The main growth came from Facebook. I invited everyone on my Facebook friends list to “like” the John Lavido Facebook Page. Twitter and Instagram also contributed to the jump. Most importantly, another 27 people joined the email list. I’ve said it before and […]

Instead of the usual blog post, I thought you might want to watch a video instead… Prefer to read? Then continue… Firstly, happy new year! As a close friend of mine says every year, this year is going to be the best year yet. Now, to the progress update… What did I do in the […]